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World’s Fairs in the Cold War

|9780822945789|Science, Technology, and the Culture of Progress|The post–World War II science-based technological revolution inevitably found its way into almost all international expositions with displays on atomic energy, space exploration, transportation,…

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Conscript Nation

…simply an assimilatory project. It instead reflected a dialectical process to define the state and its relationships.| Elizabeth Shesko| Pitt Latin American Series| History / Latin America / South America

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The Optic of the State

…in time and space, thus presenting historical processes as natural “givens.” | Jens Andermann| Illuminations: Cultural Formations of the Americas| History / General History / Latin America / South America

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Acting Inca

and identity in a tradition of activism that continues to this day. | E. Gabrielle Kuenzli| Pitt Latin American Series| History / General History / Latin America / South America

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Breaking The Backcountry

…backcountry communities of Virginia and Pennsylvania. Previous wars in North America had been fought largely on the New England and New York frontiers. But on May 28, 1754, when a…

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